They are however one of those self-funding govt bodies. So if you request them to rent equipment, buy airline tickets, and book hotel rooms totaling $XYZ, then someone is getting fined $XYZ to pay for it. Maybe your competitor, maybe you. Probably not Mexico.
From: Af [mailto:af-boun...@afmug.com] On Behalf Of Adam Moffett Sent: Wednesday, February 1, 2017 3:39 PM To: af@afmug.com Subject: Re: [AFMUG] CenturyLink installing these So it's not that I have anything offensive to say about the FCC, just an unpopular opinion. As federal agencies go, the FCC is relatively unoffensive and low budget, so if I were the supreme libertarian dictator of the universe (see the irony?) they would not be the first agency I would pick on. ------ Original Message ------ From: "Mark Radabaugh" <m...@amplex.net <mailto:m...@amplex.net> > To: af@afmug.com <mailto:af@afmug.com> Sent: 2/1/2017 4:04:01 PM Subject: Re: [AFMUG] CenturyLink installing these I’m fine with the opinions on the FCC - having dealt with them for 10 years there isn’t anything that I have not called them already. Mark On Feb 1, 2017, at 4:00 PM, Adam Moffett <dmmoff...@gmail.com <mailto:dmmoff...@gmail.com> > wrote: I was only trying to comment on the technology and/or business investment, not the politics. I'm a center leaning libertarian, I don't think the feds have any business funding much of anything. That also means I have opinions about the FCC that you don't want to hear. ------ Original Message ------ From: "Mark Radabaugh" <m...@amplex.net <mailto:m...@amplex.net> > To: af@afmug.com <mailto:af@afmug.com> Sent: 2/1/2017 3:31:55 PM Subject: Re: [AFMUG] CenturyLink installing these Adam, So 2 questions for you (or anyone)… Do you think the government should fund private companies to build fiber everywhere because 10Mb won’t be sufficient for the “need”, not the “want”. Do we as a country spend a lot of public money to effectively create a monopoly fiber carrier in every region? Or is it better to make sure everyone has access to 10Mb and allow the free market to compete for the “want”? To me the former creates a monopoly with government money with all of it’s inefficiencies and long term harm to the consumer. The latter takes longer but has a better chance of staying competitive. The ‘monopoly last mile provider’ model is probably not going to happen in the US. While it could I don’t see any current political chance of that happening. Given the major providers as well as the wanna-be’s like Google are giving up on FTTH builds in favor of fiber -> 5G builds now, why should the FCC still be pushing the FTTX only model? Given 5G is little more than hype at this point I have my doubts that the model will actually work, but that’s another story. I’m asking these questions in the WISPA FCC chair capacity because I want to understand what our policy should be, keeping in mind that government funding schemes are rarely friendly to small companies and often result in significant harm. As Amplex - I’m building fiber to towers, FTTH on the routes to the towers and in wooded areas I can’t otherwise serve, and creating micro pops along the way on the fiber routes. Personally I think that is the winning answer for the future - but that’s just me. Mark On Feb 1, 2017, at 2:55 PM, Adam Moffett <dmmoff...@gmail.com <mailto:dmmoff...@gmail.com> > wrote: I agree with you on the need. In my mind, nobody "needs" more than 1meg. 10meg generally makes them happy and not have too fuss about how they're using it (for now). They "want" 25-100 meg for all their entertainment. Put another way: I might only "need" 10 amps of electrical capacity as long as I'm careful about how I'm using it, but my 200 amp service makes me a happy and contented consumer for the foreseeable future. Regardless of what anyone "needs", fiber is going to end up the standard delivery mechanism for data because it will meet the need of today and the need of next year and the next 50 years. If you build anything else, then in the long run you'll have people still clamoring for improvement and it will end up being replaced. There's nothing wrong with meeting the immediate need with wireless, and you can absolutely make money doing it, but the long term and permanent answer is going to be fiber. So if you want to stay relevant in the future you'll be looking at how to get into that game whether it's with private funding or government subsidy. This is a WISP, we're a WISPA member, and I want WISP's to succeed.....but facts is facts. -Adam ------ Original Message ------ From: "Mark Radabaugh" <m...@amplex.net <mailto:m...@amplex.net> > To: af@afmug.com <mailto:af@afmug.com> Sent: 2/1/2017 2:11:22 PM Subject: Re: [AFMUG] CenturyLink installing these Chuck, Explain why we would have to bury fiber for that customer when the current standard for ‘served’ for Internet is 10Mbps which is easily done with wireless, and “Advanced Broadband” is 25/3Mb. I still think there is a very valid argument that 10Mbps is more than sufficient for the services that the government should be guaranteeing (phone, telemedicine, education). 25/3 is more about entertainment than anything else and I don’t see where this is a taxpayer obligation. I want Broadway shows in my little town too - but I don’t expect the government to fund them. The major carriers are moving away from landlines as fast as they can and are really looking to replace all last mile with wireless if they can make it work (and they think they can). I don’t think it will be long until getting traditional landline service in the city is no longer an option - why would we still be forcing this in rural areas? The other issue is the cash cow that funded USF for years (intrastate phone revenue) is rapidly diminishing and will finish it's spiral of death soon unless the contribution base is expanded to broadband. Mark Mark Radabaugh WISPA FCC Committee Chair fcc_ch...@wispa.org <mailto:fcc_ch...@wispa.org> 419-261-5996 On Feb 1, 2017, at 12:38 PM, Chuck McCown <ch...@wbmfg.com <mailto:ch...@wbmfg.com> > wrote: Depends on what you call rural. I have served areas with perhaps 1 house every 5 miles. You are not going to find a wisp willing to build out in areas like that. I plowed 20 miles of fiber for one single house. From: That One Guy /sarcasm Sent: Wednesday, February 01, 2017 10:34 AM To: af@afmug.com <mailto:af@afmug.com> Subject: Re: [AFMUG] CenturyLink installing these If WISPA does their job well, small business can more effectively service the rural markets than the telcos, for alot less money On Wed, Feb 1, 2017 at 11:33 AM, Jason McKemie <j.mcke...@veloxinetbroadband.com <mailto:j.mcke...@veloxinetbroadband.com> > wrote: You think? It seems like the Republicans are in the pocket of big telco, so I wouldn't hold my breath. On Wednesday, February 1, 2017, That One Guy /sarcasm <thatoneguyst...@gmail.com <mailto:thatoneguyst...@gmail.com> > wrote: i think that bank account may be closed very soon On Wed, Feb 1, 2017 at 8:18 AM, Mark Radabaugh <m...@amplex.net <mailto:m...@amplex.net> > wrote: Lipstick on a pig. The copper in still rotting in the ground and the only approved Centurylink fix appears to be the upgrade from black to orange trash bags. Except when those are out of stock. Centurylink will be back to the FCC shortly crying about how the need more support money to fix the plant. The only question is if they do it this year or next. Mark Radabaugh WISPA FCC Committee Chair fcc_ch...@wispa.org <mailto:fcc_ch...@wispa.org> 419-261-5996 <tel:(419)%20261-5996> On Feb 1, 2017, at 8:15 AM, Mike Hammett <af...@ics-il.net <mailto:af...@ics-il.net> > wrote: They couldn't before either, but they didn't give a shit. ----- Mike Hammett <http://www.ics-il.com/> Intelligent Computing Solutions <https://www.facebook.com/ICSIL> <https://plus.google.com/+IntelligentComputingSolutionsDeKalb> <https://www.linkedin.com/company/intelligent-computing-solutions> <https://twitter.com/ICSIL> <http://www.midwest-ix.com/> Midwest Internet Exchange <https://www.facebook.com/mdwestix> <https://www.linkedin.com/company/midwest-internet-exchange> <https://twitter.com/mdwestix> <http://www.thebrotherswisp.com/> The Brothers WISP <https://www.facebook.com/thebrotherswisp> <https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCXSdfxQv7SpoRQYNyLwntZg> _____ From: "Darin Steffl" <darin.ste...@mnwifi.com <mailto:darin.ste...@mnwifi.com> > To: af@afmug.com <mailto:af@afmug.com> Sent: Tuesday, January 31, 2017 11:49:50 PM Subject: Re: [AFMUG] CenturyLink installing these These should all be fiber fed. Any new DSLAM's with CAF funding are very likely fiber fed. They just can't support the bandwidth requirements with only bonded T1's anymore. On Tue, Jan 31, 2017 at 11:34 PM, Josh Reynolds <j...@kyneticwifi.com <mailto:j...@kyneticwifi.com> > wrote: One would suspect a calix e7-2 or e7-20 (2Tbps backplane, 100Gbps link to each line card). I don't think you can even feed those by anything short of at least a gig ethernet circuit. I never really tried on any of the E7-2s I've used in the past though :) On Jan 31, 2017 11:29 PM, "Forrest Christian (List Account)" <li...@packetflux.com <mailto:li...@packetflux.com> > wrote: Out of curiosity, do you know how are they feeding these shelves? I know that in at least one case a couple of years ago, Qwest was feeding an entire neighborhood on I think 4 T1's. On Tue, Jan 31, 2017 at 5:06 PM, Darin Steffl <darin.ste...@mnwifi.com <mailto:darin.ste...@mnwifi.com> > wrote: Exactly. Calix VDSL2 Remote DSLAM. These are the result of CAF funding from Govt. to provide minimum 10/1 Mbps speeds to the census blocks they took funding for. If Centurylink had crappy or no DSL in these areas before, expect them to be able to offer somewhat functional to excellent DSL speeds to customers in range of these remote DSLAMs. For really close customers, they may see up to 40/1 Mbps speeds. On Tue, Jan 31, 2017 at 3:54 PM, Carl Peterson <cpeter...@portnetworks.com <mailto:cpeter...@portnetworks.com> >wrote: As someone already said, its clearly and E3. https://www.calix.com/systems/e-series/e3-e5-dsl.html On Tue, Jan 31, 2017 at 4:18 PM, George Skorup <george.sko...@cbcast.com <mailto:george.sko...@cbcast.com> >wrote: Regen would be my guess. On 1/31/2017 2:45 PM, Tim Reichhart wrote: it got fiber ran into it for remote dslam to provide customers vdsl2 along that route. Tim -----Original Message----- From: "Carl Peterson" <cpeter...@portnetworks.com <mailto:cpeter...@portnetworks.com> > To: af@afmug.com <mailto:af@afmug.com> Date: 01/31/17 03:28 PM Subject: Re: [AFMUG] CenturyLink installing these Calix. I'd guess G.Fast Sent from my iPhone On Jan 31, 2017, at 3:07 PM, Josh Corson <j...@bluebitnetworks.com <mailto:j...@bluebitnetworks.com> > wrote: Does anyone know what these are? They are popping up on fairly rural areas of our coverage areas and on the state highways. Thanks <mime-attachment.txt> <image1.JPG> -- Carl Peterson PORT NETWORKS 401 E Pratt St, Ste 2553 Baltimore, MD 21202 (410) 637-3707 <tel:%28410%29%20637-3707> -- Darin Steffl Minnesota WiFi www.mnwifi.com <http://www.mnwifi.com/> 507-634-WiFi <http://www.facebook.com/minnesotawifi> Like us on Facebook <http://www.facebook.com/minnesotawifi> -- Forrest Christian CEO, PacketFlux Technologies, Inc. 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